Category Tutorials

May 4, 2010 - 2 comments

Part 2: Using an ISSN for Your Design Blog: How Do I Get One?

So a few weeks ago ThisIsInspired explored the pros and cons (well, pros and con) of acquiring an ISSN number for your design blog. How do you go about getting one for your blog, though? In this next installment, I’ll show you how to get an ISSN for your blog and start enjoying those benefits.

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February 11, 2010 - No comments

Quick: Dynamically Open External Links in a New Window

Since I began writing HTML ten years ago, I hated using target=“blank” in my markup. Coupled with the fact that if you’re using a strict DOCTYPE the target method is invalid anyway, I began looking for an easy way to open only external links in a new window (and I realize there are pros and cons of doing this). Using this jQuery technique, each link is tested to check if it’s local or not, or alternatively in the second method only opening links in a new window if they are children of a given element.

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